Sorry I missed last week’s installment… my bad.

Anyway, here are the more interesting (to me) shows going on in the DC-area this week. My picks are in bold.

Sunday, 7/26
Black Cat (main): Extra Golden, Black and Tan Fantasy Band, DJ Yellow Fever
DC9: So Many Dynamos, Cast Spells, Detox Retox
RnR Hotel: Black Moth Super Rainbow, Dan Friel (of Parts & Labor)
Velvet Lounge: Sugarplums, Microwave Background

Monday, 7/27
Fort Reno: North America, Stoney Lonesome, Pree
IOTA: American Music Club (acoustic), The Smart Brothers

Tuesday, 7/28
9:30 Club: The Cab, others
Black Cat (main): Destroyer, Iran
DC9: The Builders and the Butchers, Illinois, Kashgar
IOTA: The Horse’s Ha, The Smart Borthers
RnR Hotel: Black Gold

Wednesday, 7/29
9:30 Club (early): Fleet Foxes [sold out]
9:30 Club (late): Fleet Foxes [sold out]
DC9: Cage, Yak Ballz, Educated Consumers
Red and Black: The Valley Arena, Roadside Graves
RnR Hotel: Torche, Harvey Milk, Nitroseed
Velvet Lounge: Nervous Habits, Something Fierce

Thursday, 7/30
DC9: Poor But Sexy, The XYZ Affair, Prabir and the Substitutes
Fort Reno: Title Tracks, Casper Bangs, Grendel Babies [last Ft. Reno show of the summer!]
IOTA: Cass McCombs, Jennifer O’Connor, Mike Bones
The National (Richmond): My Bloody Valentine
National Harbor: Gov’t Mule
Red and Black: Catfish Haven, Stranger Waves
RnR Hotel: The Answer, The Jones, Force Major
Velvet Lounge The Bees Knees, Hexa, others

Friday, 7/31
9:30 Club: M. Ward, Chain and the Gang
Black Cat (main): Shortstack, Lorelei, The Moderate
Red and Black: The Charm Offensive, Lanterns, Drunken Banshees, Free Electric State
RnR Hotel: The Method, Ramzy, The Frustrations, Justin Trawick
Velvet Lounge: Keelhaul, The Wayward, others

Saturday, 8/1
9:30 Club: Xavier Rudd, Jeremy Fisher
Black Cat (main): Run For Cover! (Fort Reno benefit)
Comet Ping Pong: Sean Walsh & The National Reserve, David Shultz and the Skyline, Carlos I’m Pregnant!
Red and Black: Laurence Woodson, Milk Machine
RnR Hotel: The Veils, Foreign Born, Faces on Film
Velvet Lounge: Sister Ex, Freak Train, Yell County